Top ten annoying gun things

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Not sure if this really has a point other than venting.

first: drinking at the range. remember what you're holding in your hands and what it's capable of, and grow up.

second: "collectors" not shooters. probably gonna piss a lot of you off, but if you dont have serious collectible ware like ww2 stuff, what on earth are you doing?

something ive noticed about these "collectors" they bring 5-6 different handguns to the range, and cant shoot worth a damn with any of them.

I mean, it must be the gun. Maybe if he buys another gun with reduced lock time, a ported barrel, a trigger job, hogue grips, stainless steel recoil spring assembly, and night sights he'll shoot better...

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I've encountered this type several times. Most memorable was some 40 ear old dude, with his kid who couldnt care less he was at the range. Had 7 pistols, and I could tell many VERY expensive ($2k+) 1911's, and other sig sauers. He saw me with my dad, and one glock 19. He gave me the most disgusting smirk I've ever seen.
I shot out the 10 ring at 20yds, and stepped back to let him compare, and get a good look at his target.
He took it down pretty quick, and left pretty quickly after that with his tail between his legs.
 
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And the name is Franz. Franz Kafka.


Tirod said:
In that vein

The complete lack of fanboys arguing 6.5G vs .300BO.

Brand Logos in large script with oversized icons.

Guns in black, only.

Propping up self esteem by prominently displaying The Brand.

Wearing tacticool pants, a vest, hat, expensive low hikers, and obviously trying to compete with my superior version and it's nuance.

Young men with flat abs.

The hypocrisy of Corporate ladder climbers negatively motivating their subordinates to accomplish what they worked very hard to get away from.

Younger guys who think the old geezers have lost it while carrying and doing the exact same things that injured and broke down their bodies.

The notion that if you trash talk those more experienced and knowledgeable and they don't immediately pound you into the ground, that you are somehow superior.
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1. People who believe the AR-15 is infallible

2. People who believe the AK is infallible

3. People who try to refute claims with solely anecdotal information

4. Mall Ninjas

5. People who measure a firearm based on where it was made

6. Association of stereotypes with gun owners

7. Shooting animals and wasting the resources of the animal

8. Association of an economic ideology with gun ownership status

9. Gun owners who preach anarchy / Wild West scenarios

10. The idea that increases in gun ownership is correlated with increases in homicides
 
The whole "If you modify your gun you will go to prison if you ever need to use it" crowd. None of them have ever shown me any case law, and none of them seem to get the concept of "custom" firearms.
The "Young lady, you need this here J-frame because it's small and you're a helpless lamb and I will talk down to you in my inflated position of gun-store counter guy" people. (These are the same guys who talk the lady into repairs her car doesn't need or computer items she'll never use, etc. Preying on the uninformed. Horrible.)
Then there's the "38 special is ok, but what you need is .40 cal. It's what LE folks use so it must be good".
And of course, my very favorite: ".223 is insufficient caliber for deer! You need a 300 WinMag or better for those thin-skinned game."
Hanging 5 pounds of crap on a 6 pound carbine. Good job man.
Rails on everything.
People calling "Magazines" the totally incorrect term "Clips". Words have meaning. Figure it out. I don't call your "Truck" a "Scooter". They are both forms of transport, right? What's the problem? Absurd.
 
God... this must be the best thread i read in a long time :evil:

The "it aint dead if you can't drink the deer through a straw" made my day!
 
People who make "Bubba" comments about sporterized rifles... unless the "bubba" was done by Weatherby, A-Square, Rigby, Gibbs, or other manufacturers that built using milsurp actions.
 
The trend of custom/high end holster & gear makers to put their names or logos all over the leather/holster.
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Not just holsters... GIANT ROLLMARKS on slides, GIANT ETCHING on revolvers, and anything else big enough to mark.

I waited six months for a TWS billet aluminum top cover for my AK, then canceled because at the last minute they decided they'd only sell them with GIANT ADVERTISING ball-milled along the side.

No, I'm not interested in being their walking billboard. And if I was, I'd expect them to pay me for it.
 
JR24 said:
I won't lie, I think a Hello Kitty AR (bright pink, naturally) would be awesome. Imagine the looks you'd get at the range. Then you might read some guy complaining about it on the internet at night!

Worth it just for that.


Then again, some folks think I'm a little strange
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I just don't really get why people have to bag that much or care what other people shoot. :Shrug

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In other news it sounds like others have issues with brass vultures/thieves.

One suggestion I'll give on how to stop that, dip while shooting and spit that stuff everywhere and be hostile to anyone stealing brass. For one, no one's going to want to crawl around on the ground while there's saliva soaked tobacco juice all over the place and where you might just *accidentally* spit some on them. I think of it like marking my territory. I always choose the far end specifically to get away from people, don't like me dipping? Stay away from me then.

Two if they start grabbing your brass anyway snatch it right out of their hands, Thanks, been looking for that. They do it because people let them and don't say anything. If they grabbed your mags or your gun or your optics would you just let that slide too? It costs them nothing. Screw that, they aren't grabbing my brass. I paid for that and I use it. I can get the dip off later.
 
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Browning said:
I just don't really get why people have to bag that much or care what other people shoot. :Shrug

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In other news it sounds like others have issues with brass vultures/thieves.

One suggestion I'll give on how to stop that, dip while shooting and spit that stuff everywhere and be hostile to anyone stealing brass. For one, no one's going to want to crawl around on the ground while there's saliva soaked tobacco juice all over the place and where you might just *accidentally* spit some on them. I think of it like marking my territory. I always choose the far end specifically to get away from people, don't like me dipping? Stay away from me then.

Two if they start grabbing your brass anyway snatch it right out of their hands, Thanks, been looking for that. They do it because people let them and don't say anything. If they grabbed your mags or your gun or your optics would you just let that slide too? It costs them nothing. Screw that, they aren't grabbing my brass. I paid for that and I use it. I can get the dip off later.
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The ranges I go to and have been to do not allow shooters to spit chewing tobacco all over the place...a policy I support with vigor.

It's rather impolite to spit chew all over the ground when the guy coming behind you is going to have to lie down in it or get it all over his shooting mat.

Surely there are less disgusting (and potentially disease spreading) ways to let people know you want to keep your brass.
 
biased opinion's

I just mostly hate biased opinion's. Debates of why one gun is better than another then showing a picture of there rifle? Is it better cause you own it? And people who get all there info from a video game. I am a ak man but I do own both ak and ar. Besides the h&k mr556 that is a pretty bad ass rifle but not really built the same. And I love the 10mm cartridge. I wont say its the best but it will be the first handgun I grab. I wont argue with you your opinion is your opinion but most of my knowledge is from combat and testing penetration and ballistics for myself. Anything from cement blocks to ballistics gel.
 
Plastic pistols.

Striker fired pistols.

Orange glow sight on the front of a pistol.

All three items have benefits, I know. I'm so old I can't accept the new trends. Give me a plain ol' double action six shot revolver or a full size all steel 1911 or a Ruger or Colt SA. All my handgun needs and desires can be met without the latest craze.

Other things I don't like are steel shot, scopes on shotguns, in-line muzzle loaders, scopes on muzzle loaders and synthetic rifle stocks. And the plastic sights on Glocks.
 
short barrel said:
Plastic pistols.

Striker fired pistols.

Orange glow sight on the front of a pistol.

All three items have benefits, I know. I'm so old I can't accept the new trends. Give me a plain ol' double action six shot revolver or a full size all steel 1911 or a Ruger or Colt SA. All my handgun needs and desires can be met without the latest craze.

Other things I don't like are steel shot, scopes on shotguns, in-line muzzle loaders, scopes on muzzle loaders and synthetic rifle stocks. And the plastic sights on Glocks.
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You might have been able to call them 'the latest craze' 20-25 years ago.

Now they are simply the industry standard.
 
A number of people have pointed out people who buy/enjoy guns because of video games. As a 26 year old guy who loves video games, I don't love the real bad Call of Duty kids either, but I also don't see how it's any different than buying a 92 because of Die Hard or a Model 29 because of Dirty Harry, which plenty of folks will admit to.
 
short barrel said:
Plastic pistols.

Striker fired pistols.

Orange glow sight on the front of a pistol.

All three items have benefits, I know. I'm so old I can't accept the new trends. Give me a plain ol' double action six shot revolver or a full size all steel 1911 or a Ruger or Colt SA. All my handgun needs and desires can be met without the latest craze.

Other things I don't like are steel shot, scopes on shotguns, in-line muzzle loaders, scopes on muzzle loaders and synthetic rifle stocks. And the plastic sights on Glocks.
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LOL Short Barrel, maybe you should have just mentioned the things (or thing) you do like!
 
One suggestion I'll give on how to stop that, dip while shooting and spit that stuff everywhere and be hostile to anyone stealing brass. For one, no one's going to want to crawl around on the ground while there's saliva soaked tobacco juice all over the place and where you might just *accidentally* spit some on them. I think of it like marking my territory. I always choose the far end specifically to get away from people, don't like me dipping? Stay away from me then.

Two if they start grabbing your brass anyway snatch it right out of their hands, Thanks, been looking for that. They do it because people let them and don't say anything. If they grabbed your mags or your gun or your optics would you just let that slide too? It costs them nothing. Screw that, they aren't grabbing my brass. I paid for that and I use it. I can get the dip off later.
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Agree with Warp. That's a little over the top...and I'm a dipper.

I've never been in a situation where "Excuse me, I keep my brass to reload" didn't do the trick.
 
Ya know..Threads like these re enforce my opinion that we (the "gun crowd") are some of the whiniest sumbitches around. No wonder we have a hard time attracting folks to the sport. (Or we could probably attract more than we do without the "we dont want you in our club" mentality).
 
Potatohead said:
Ya know..Threads like these re enforce my opinion that we (the "gun crowd") are some of the whiniest sumbitches around.
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Best post of the thread!

Let me know if you're ever down around New Orleans and want to go shooting, I believe that we think alike!
 
So, apparently there are some members here who dislike the zombie craze, yet don't remember when little boys in our country grew up pretending to shoot Indians (or maybe Germans or "Japs") with their cap guns, BB guns, and later, real firearms ...

Anything that gets people into shooting and the realization that they themselves are solely responsible for their own safety is fine with me.

Count me in with potatohead here.
No wonder we have a hard time attracting folks to the sport.
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What a bunch of prejudiced whiners we must sound like.

I'm gonna go put on my "tactical" pants (which I wear because of the tacticool stretch waistband and tacticool multiple pockets), my Merrills (didn't know hikers were now tacticool now), my black t-shirt with the SIG logo, my tan ballcap and head to the range ... And yeah, I've got a friggin' scope on my 336, so what? I've got geezer eyes.

(I do confess I am annoyed by gun counter clerks who think that by virtue of their job, they must know more about firearms than I.)
 
In no particular order.

1. That guy who brings his girlfriend and makes her shoot his 44mag Blackhawk with stroked 240's.

2. That guy "dialing in" his .338 anything at the 25yd pistol line.

3. Some pecker-packer blackpowder shooters, firing two shots in 23 minutes then calling for a cease fire to walk down and check their 50yd groups because Dan'l Boone had no binos.

4. Muzzle brakes and the guys who shoot them right next to you instead of at one of the 47 other open spots that are NOT NEXT TO YOU.

5. 5.11 pants and flip flops on a guy shooting misses at 7yds and getting all tacticool on the rest of us.

6. Sitting, sandbags and 7yd targets,,,,seriously why own a gun if this is all you got?

7. People who touch anything I own without permission.

8. People who walk down range without asking for a cease fire.

9. People who ask for a cease fire on the 7th shot of a ten round string of fire and actually interrupt you to do it.

10. That guy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,the one stealing my brass. sure he shoots a 9 and I am shooting a 45 but mines Federal and new so he thinks he can have it.


On the bright side.

1. Cute girls and guns, I married one and I met her at a range. ( I did not offer to let her shoot a 44 mag)

2. People who take their kids shooting when the kids mind.

3. Free ammo. When I shot for the military we had range day once or twice a year. Anyone in the unit who was interested could come out. We provided the guns and ammo, all you can shoot for free. On more than one occasion we had no takers or all no-shows for range day. We let anyone interested give it a try and everyone who had to buy their own ammo had a blast.
 
Your list is pretty funny but this one:

Sitting, sandbags and 7yd targets,,,,seriously why own a gun if this is all you got?
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Ive done before, while trying to get my sights zeroed on my sr9.

I think I found that I also might shoot a tad better just standing and shooting offhand than on a rest.
 
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One more thing:

Unload and show clear..

Let's be big boys, keep them loaded, and treat them as if they're loaded.
 
Dr.Zubrato said:
One more thing:

Unload and show clear..

Let's be big boys, keep them loaded, and treat them as if they're loaded.
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With random strangers? No.

I'm lucky if I can go to the range one time a year without getting muzzled.

Being "big boys" would mean that when your loaded gun gets pointed at me I get to shoot you. Nobody wants that, right?
 
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